{"id":9646,"date":"2024-04-30T10:24:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/scst\/2024\/04\/30\/april-research-highlights\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:23:43","slug":"april-research-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/scst\/2024\/04\/30\/april-research-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"April Research Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9648\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9648\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/scst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Noelle-clark.png\" alt=\"Noelle Clark '24\" width=\"208\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/scst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Noelle-clark.png 378w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/scst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Noelle-clark-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noelle Clark \u201824, a biological sciences major, will begin her Ph.D. in the Integrated Life Sciences Program at the University of Georgia this fall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lorena Munoz \u201924, Noelle Clark \u201924 and Emma Kocik \u201922 were among a select group of students nationwide recognized with honorable mentions for their applications for Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/oliver-lopez\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oliver Lopez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, instructional associate professor of mathematics, has been appointed as a <\/span><b>primary member of Kaiser Permanente\u2019s Institutional Review Board <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for southern California and Hawaii. The Institutional Review Board ensures that biomedical and social science research carried out within Kaiser Permanente\u2019s system protects the rights and welfare of those humans participating as subjects in the studies. Lopez brings deep expertise in the<\/span><b> application of statistics to biomedical research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Faculty from the Schmid College of Science and Technology have been all over the news this month. Professor of Biology <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/loonproject.org\/walter-piper\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Walter Piper\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recent paper on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.chapman.edu\/2024\/04\/09\/common-loons-threatened\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">effects of declining water quality on the reproductive success of the Common Loon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was covered by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/common-loon-threatened-by-reduced-water-clarity\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/General\/climate-change-threatens-loon-population-new-study-shows\/story?id=109092273\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ABC News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/04\/11\/loons-climate-change\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2024\/04\/13\/study-water-clarity-in-lakes-affecting-loons-success\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minnesota Public Radio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, among other outlets. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregrgoldsmith.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gregory Goldsmith<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, associate professor of biology and associate dean for research and development, is quoted in a recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/geoengineering-test-quietly-launches-salt-crystals-into-atmosphere\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scientific American<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> article on <\/span><b>new developments in solar geoengineering<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and Professor of Food Science <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/lilian-were\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lilian Senger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was profiled in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityassurancemag.com\/article\/lilian-senger-professor-and-program-director-food-science-chapman-university\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quality Assurance and Food Safety Magazine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/uyen-phan\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uyen Phan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was awarded funding from the California Milk Advisory Board to pursue new research on<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dietary fiber fortification in milk products. Phan is an assistant professor of food science with deep experience in studying<\/span><b> consumers\u2019 sensory experience when consuming a food<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Phan is not the only faculty member engaged in studying milk. Assistant Professor of Food Science <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/john-miklavcic\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Miklavcic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> continues to pursue research on its nutritional benefits; he has a recent study on the subject in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aspenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jpen.2628\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finally, Whitney Wood and Lorenzo Leiva, postdoctoral scholars in the lab of Dean Michael Ibba, have published a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/microbiology\/articles\/10.3389\/fmicb.2024.1384552\/full\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">new article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> describing the <\/span><b>molecular mechanisms underlying antibiotic resistance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Escherichia coli.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9647\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9647\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/scst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Loon-project.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/scst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Loon-project.png 1430w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/scst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Loon-project-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/scst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Loon-project-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/scst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/05\/Loon-project-768x515.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An adult male Common Loon feeds a small fish to one chick while the other rides on the back of the female parent. 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